This title is available electronically through the IET Digital Library
Author: L.A. Dissado and J.C. Fothergill
Year: 1992
Format: Hardback
Product Code: PBED0090
ISBN: 978-0-86341-196-0
Pagination: 620pp.
Stock Status: In stock
The book is in five parts: Part I introduces the physical and chemical structure of polymers and their breakdown; Part II reviews electrical degradation in polymers, and Part III reviews conduction and deterministic breakdown in solids. Part IV discusses the stochastic nature of break-down from empirical and modelling viewpoints, and Part V indicates practical implications and strategies for engineers. Much of the discussion applies to non-crystalline materials generally.